Alto Ingredients (ALTO) Competitors $0.92 -0.01 (-1.41%) Closing price 04:00 PM EasternExtended Trading$0.93 +0.01 (+0.98%) As of 05:26 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsEarningsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock ALTO vs. ADUR, ARQ, ZTEK, VGAS, CBUS, TSE, AMTX, ORGN, LODE, and BLGOShould you be buying Alto Ingredients stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Alto Ingredients include Aduro Clean Technologies (ADUR), ARQ (ARQ), Zentek (ZTEK), Verde Clean Fuels (VGAS), Cibus (CBUS), Trinseo (TSE), Aemetis (AMTX), Origin Materials (ORGN), Comstock (LODE), and BioLargo (BLGO). These companies are all part of the "chemicals" industry. Alto Ingredients vs. Aduro Clean Technologies ARQ Zentek Verde Clean Fuels Cibus Trinseo Aemetis Origin Materials Comstock BioLargo Alto Ingredients (NASDAQ:ALTO) and Aduro Clean Technologies (NASDAQ:ADUR) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings and profitability. Which has better earnings & valuation, ALTO or ADUR? Aduro Clean Technologies has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Alto Ingredients. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioAlto Ingredients$951.17M0.07-$28M-$0.82-1.12Aduro Clean Technologies$258.79K895.58N/AN/AN/A Does the media favor ALTO or ADUR? In the previous week, Alto Ingredients' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Aduro Clean Technologies'average media sentiment score. Company Overall Sentiment Alto Ingredients Neutral Aduro Clean Technologies Neutral Is ALTO or ADUR more profitable? Aduro Clean Technologies has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Alto Ingredients' net margin of -3.61%. Aduro Clean Technologies' return on equity of 0.00% beat Alto Ingredients' return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Alto Ingredients-3.61% -11.22% -6.96% Aduro Clean Technologies N/A N/A N/A Do institutionals and insiders believe in ALTO or ADUR? 42.4% of Alto Ingredients shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.3% of Alto Ingredients shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ALTO or ADUR? Alto Ingredients received 9 more outperform votes than Aduro Clean Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Aduro Clean Technologies an outperform vote while only 40.74% of users gave Alto Ingredients an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformAlto IngredientsOutperform Votes1140.74% Underperform Votes1659.26% Aduro Clean TechnologiesOutperform Votes2100.00% Underperform VotesNo Votes Do analysts rate ALTO or ADUR? Alto Ingredients currently has a consensus target price of $5.50, indicating a potential upside of 499.13%. Aduro Clean Technologies has a consensus target price of $50.00, indicating a potential upside of 513.50%. Given Aduro Clean Technologies' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Aduro Clean Technologies is more favorable than Alto Ingredients.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Alto Ingredients 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 1 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.00Aduro Clean Technologies 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 1 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.00 SummaryAduro Clean Technologies beats Alto Ingredients on 6 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Alto Ingredients News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for ALTO and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart ALTO vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricAlto IngredientsIndustrial organic chemicals IndustryDiscretionary SectorNASDAQ ExchangeMarket Cap$70.33M$2.17B$7.89B$8.39BDividend YieldN/A4.03%3.24%4.11%P/E Ratio-1.7715.9515.1619.71Price / Sales0.079.648.01120.59Price / Cash37.119.6516.3734.62Price / Book0.251.414.774.50Net Income-$28M-$13.99M$257.85M$248.22M7 Day Performance5.89%-4.18%-0.60%0.56%1 Month Performance14.76%4.42%8.14%13.17%1 Year Performance-43.33%-29.24%-3.35%7.30% Alto Ingredients Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)ALTOAlto Ingredients2.6406 of 5 stars$0.92-1.4%$5.50+499.1%-44.2%$70.33M$951.17M-1.77420Gap DownADURAduro Clean TechnologiesN/A$7.08+9.8%$50.00+606.2%N/A$201.34M$258,792.000.00N/AHigh Trading VolumeARQARQ3.0328 of 5 stars$4.43-5.3%$9.00+103.2%-36.4%$187.00M$114.47M-443.00140Gap UpZTEKZentek0.0726 of 5 stars$1.58-0.6%N/A+42.9%$165.24M$64,656.00-22.5724Gap UpVGASVerde Clean Fuels0.2593 of 5 stars$3.47-0.9%N/A-29.8%$154.59MN/A-6.942CBUSCibus1.6435 of 5 stars$3.12+10.6%$22.00+605.1%-82.9%$101.94M$4.75M-0.1448TSETrinseo1.6183 of 5 stars$2.80+1.1%N/A-23.9%$99.82M$3.39B-0.283,400AMTXAemetis1.5561 of 5 stars$1.69-0.6%$13.18+679.6%-52.8%$93.57M$237.89M-0.75160Gap UpORGNOrigin Materials1.7514 of 5 stars$0.52+17.5%$1.50+190.1%-45.3%$77.23M$31.28M-0.91160Earnings ReportHigh Trading VolumeLODEComstock1.4958 of 5 stars$2.80+6.1%$26.00+828.6%+13.6%$75.33M$3.38M-23.3330Positive NewsGap UpBLGOBioLargoN/A$0.21-1.4%N/A-28.4%$64.09M$12.23M-21.1930Gap Down Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Aduro Clean Technologies Competitors ARQ Competitors Zentek Competitors Verde Clean Fuels Competitors Cibus Competitors Trinseo Competitors Aemetis Competitors Origin Materials Competitors Comstock Competitors BioLargo Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NASDAQ:ALTO) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersWatch This Robotics Demo Before July 23rdJeff Brown, the tech legend who picked shares of Nvidia in 2016 before they jumped by more than 22,000%... ...Brownstone Research | SponsoredWhite House to reset Social Security?Elon Musk's parting DOGE gift looks set to shock America... 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